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This major group includes retail establishments primarily engaged in selling lumber and other building materials; paint, glass, and wallpaper; hardware; nursery stock; lawn and garden supplies; and manufactured (mobile) homes. It includes lumber and other building materials dealers and paint, glass, and wallpaper stores selling to the general public, even if sales to contractors account for a larger proportion of total sales; these establishments are known as retail in the trade. Establishments primarily selling these products but not selling to the general public are classified in wholesale trade.

Establishments primarily engaged in selling lumber, or lumber and a general line of building materials, to the general public. While these establishments may also sell to contractors, they are known as retail in the trade, even if sales to contractors account for a higher proportion of the sales. The lumber they sell may include rough and dressed lumber, flooring, molding, doors, sashes, frames, and other millwork. The building materials may include roofing, siding, shingles, wallboard, paint, brick, tile, cement, sand, gravel, and other building materials and supplies. For lumber yards, at least 32 percent of sales must be from the sale of lumber and millwork. Hardware is often an important line of retail lumber and building materials dealers. Also included in this group are home centers. These are retail establishments that sell both lumber and building materials and hardware. Additionally, they must sell at least 5 of the following merchandise lines: housewares, tools (power and/or hand), floor coverings, electrical supplies, kitchen cabinets, plumbing and bath supplies, lawn and garden products, paints and/or sundries, windows and/or doors, roofing, wallcoverings, ceiling products and materials, lawn and garden supplies, and appliances. Establishments not selling to the general public or known in the trade as wholesale are classified in SIC 503.

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